Night had rolled in over our heads, Chris fell asleep on the suitcases in the back while Rose and Lucy snoozed on the back seats, they were folded down so it made a good enough bed to sleep on, luckily they brought about ten pillows for all four of us and a few thick blankets; the girls were that prioritized with comfort they even brought change of pajamas! Though then again Chris did bring his favorite sleeping shirt, blue, short-sleeved top that had a little pocket on his left chest, he had for years and was given to him by his dad. I won't go into detail about his dad; it's pretty disturbing.

I had discovered a little hiding spot to park the car, it was well shaded by surrounding trees and was nearby the next route I was planning to travel through to have another 10 miles or so to reach our destination. I was tempted to do an all nighter but Lucy convinced me that I needed the rest, and gave me facts that there was a 75% of having a car crash and dying if I didn't have any sleep for the next day. I only agreed to go bed because I didn't want to wake anyone up, including not make them panic, therefore I had leant my legs over the gear stick and placed my head on the car door window; with a pillow supporting my back and a pink fuzzy blanket covering my torso and some of my legs, at the same time I was visualizing the scenery of the camping trip. Two separate tents, colored red and green; me and Chris had shared the green tent while the girls slept in the other; we circled the campfire that lit up the atmosphere and ate Rose's awesome cooked food from the flames in the pit, it danced for our amusement and spat out pixels of sparks. It gave me goose bumps and my stomach started jumping inside of me, I take a deep breath, counted to ten then eventually closed my eyes.

During my sleep I had dreamed of exactly what I had wished for from the camping trip, everything was all perfect, yet not; something seemed off with my dream, my friends were there, the campfire was there, everything! Just then I realized I was capable of moving around, and I became confused, I looked at the familiar faces all smiling and having a blast; the woodlands trees cozying in and feeling comfortable around to see the dancing fire; the fire itself still created a display of stars. What's wrong with this dream? I ask myself though my knowledge or conscience couldn't decide either, I surpassed the trees in the distance and noticed that there were no life forms, no grass, no far away trees, or rocks... Just, blank. A black blank further on in the trees. Nothing more, and certainly shocking to describe. Concerned and feeling anxiety I circle around the area, more blank everywhere!

"Jack? You alright?" Just then I snapped from my spinning and turned to look at Chris who showed me a face of confusion.

"Wh-what?" I asked,

"What's up with you? You seem paranoid" he asks again, this caught Rose's and Lucy's attention to face me.

"Yeah just looking around" I replied, laughing awkwardly. Wait! What's that ?! I looked over Lucy's shoulder and stared intensively. My mouth opened but my tongue failed to speak words, I'm my mind I screamed 'BEHIND YOU!', but all what came out was a roar of silence.

Over the shoulder of my friend and few meters away was a girl who looked like she was pain, the definition of paranormal and the realization of horror; she was tall, thin, nervous looking, yet very defensive too. Her skin was pale and held pastel looking bruises with mud from foot to knee, fingertips to elbows; what seemed be her hair was a chapter from Rose's bad hair day but utterly worse, all knotted in clumps, twigs pierced through it, it was all worn out and wired in her head. Her clothing was a long dress that only passed her knees; it had dark red and black stains from the frilly ends to her shoulder straps. Her face was hidden mostly, although her left eye stood out stunningly; it were darkened by patches of coal-skin, the eye was large and brought more attention to the depth of the color around the pupil, it were a deep-cut, blood, red, colour. So pure of natural terror and nightmare related themes; her glare dug it's appearance right into my eyes and created a feeling of being closed in, not in danger strangely, however still tense... What is she?

As if she read my mind the random character answered,

"I am a demon" the freaky face spoke, the voice was calm and proved that i was right about her being a girl. "And you were planning of going into my territory yes?" now she was the one asking questions. Crap!

"I wasn't going into your territory I was passing through to get to a specific destination" I replied, hoping it was correct. Not.

"That "destination" is my territory! Why is so specific for you to get there? Are you going to try and wipe out the forest? Claim new land?" She began to turn sour with her voice, she suddenly stood up straight and sprouted wings from her back, they were dragon like; black frame with the inner wings being the same red from her outstanding eye. On the other hand, however, when I looked back to see her face, the eye began to cloud and fill death inside, a black ink spread round her eye and made them seem hollow... What kind of nightmare was this?

Again, the winged 'demon' must've read my thoughts because she chuckled under her breath, it was turning the tense very sinister.

"I am no fake! No dream! NO NIGHTMARE! FOR I AM REAL!" by this point her emotions had possibly gotten out of control; her mouth grew wide and stretched out and inside were hundreds of teeth contained and when she heaved in a breath of air, the cry of a non-animal beast had awoken, taking my body to fall backwards, I became vulnerable at this point, I knew that I would wake up soon.

This time.